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Patricia

@diamondstar1962.bsky.social
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I am a registered nurse, civil engineer technologist and a resister of fascism. We need to live in a world free of hate, violence, bigotry and misogyny.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7h
NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit
Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
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Trump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors
The White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare.
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Danièle Obono @danieleobono.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨 Un policier en civil a jeté des projectiles sur des CRS pour que la situation dégénère. Ce comportement scandaleux a été révélé par le député européen insoumis Anthony Smith à Reims. Faites connaître massivement cette vidéo !
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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Patricia @diamondstar1962.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes we do realize and we see that. Thing is, is there someone watching him?
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million. Collins took his checks. Sullivan did too. They are still on the ballot.
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Trump’s Senate Candidates Really Hoped You’d Never Read This
Twelve names, all inside. Also: our plan between now and Election Day, five ways to fight back, and your invitation to our live election night war room.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved this week to slash the inspector general's office that scrutinizes his actions — prompting calls from Dems for his resignation. It's the second time Trump officials have moved to limit scrutiny of the agency run by Pulte.
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Housing Official, Who Targeted Trump Foes, Cuts Watchdog Office
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency’s inspector general’s office. Democrats called for his resignation.
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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This was always their plan. 🫩🤬 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Patricia @diamondstar1962.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Israeli government is becoming a terrorist organization that have infiltrated America.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CoreCivic's PAC wrote checks to Dan Sullivan and Ashley Hinson on June 10, 2025. Three weeks later, both voted for $45 billion in new immigration detention. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One PAC. One day. Checks to three Republicans running for Senate in three states, with identical amounts. All three had voted the company $45 billion. We have the date, the amounts and the three names. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAlkvjdhww
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A man died in a GEO Group cell in Michigan while Congress begged for answers. Ten weeks later GEO's PAC wrote a check to the Republican running for Senate there. He kept it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 02/10/2026
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Canada, U.S. failed to properly probe allegations that Russia was behind Havana Syndrome, Bolton says
Former U.S. national security adviser points to Moscow in alleged sonic weaponry attacks on Canadians and U.S. diplomats in Cuba
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Partially unsealed court filings show that ICE has been putting photos of people observing their activities into a Palantir-built database as well as tracking and intimidating them. @regret.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social have the details:
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?
newrepublic.com
Kash Patel Caught With Suspected Double Agent at Alina Habba’s Wedding
The FBI director was spotted in a photo with an FBI informant suspected of being a double agent.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"What Palantir can’t do is stop government agencies from sharing information with each other, which Trump ordered them to do in March. ELITE, the app they created for ICE, sources its data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which manages Medicaid." via @kalwradio.bsky.social
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Nurses rally in San Francisco against Palantir’s work with ICE
Nurses marched in San Francisco on Wednesday to protest Palantir’s involvement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
People want to know what abuses take place in the Epstein Files, beyond financial crimes. Listen to this, because this is what the Epstein Elite is all about. And this Australia 60 minutes is from 6 years ago, but nobody listens, still. youtu.be/c2ioRBNriG8?...
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Teresa's escape from brutal 'satanic cult' and bizarre rituals (1989) | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
politico.com
Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hegseth’s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their families to cast ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Hegseth urges military to vote as Trump administration makes it harder for them to cast ballots
Hegseth’s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their famili...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins chairs the committee that writes ICE's budget. ICE's two biggest jailers both send her campaign checks. She's one of nine. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Democrats want to win the midterms, they should be focusing on ONLY two things in these last few weeks before November 3 — and show how they’re connected. Let me explain... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hear…
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 02/10/2026
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nine GOP Senate candidates took money from the companies ICE pays to lock people up. Sullivan. Hinson. Moody. Husted. Ricketts. Whatley. Paxton. Collins. Rogers. Thirty-two days.
dworkinsubstack.com
Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates.
Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week.
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A Christian Resistance @xianresistance.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Someone who says, ‘I am against abortion’ but says, ‘I am in favour of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life." ~ Pope Leo XIV #BlessedAreTheMerciful #AbolishTheDeathPenalty
Color photo of Pope Leo smiling & waving to the crowd during outdoor mass. He is wearing white liturgical vestments & a matching miter embroidered with blue stripes & gold hems, black crosses, & green leafs. He is holding a silver crozier (Bishop's staff) topped with a crucifix. 📸 Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Getty
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: Weeks before the midterms, election deniers on Georgia's election board quietly asked Trump's DOJ to intervene. I break down the excuses in the letter and why it fits Trump's long obsession with controlling how Georgia's votes are counted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwoR...
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Trump is Coming for Georgia's Vote Count
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who was behind a $250,000 mystery donation to the super PAC backing Ken Paxton? The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor's family going back decades.
politico.com
Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for calling on the legal profession to step up to protect elections Our democracy needs you! If you are a lawyer with some time to give, join the good fight w/ @wetheaction.bsky.social👇
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting today, some of the cruelest changes to food stamps and Medicaid from Trump and Republicans' big, ugly bill go into effect. Here's what you need to know.
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Is This Trump’s Biggest Scam Yet?
The Trump-Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a “Big Ugly Nightmare.”Much of what’s included in it will begin in
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Have you heard of 1789 Capital? The venture capital firm founded by Don Jr? They obtained a stake in a small company named Vulcan Elements-and quickly got a $620 million deal from the Pentagon Why? “The call came from the White House: We have to get this done” #PaytoPlayPresident
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meta is lying to the IRS in order to claim billions in tax breaks. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here’s what these Republican ass-clowns don't want you to know: the most damaging witnesses against Trump wore RED. Republicans who backed him, worked for him, and rooted for him. Jack Smith was going to put this Trump away…with Trump’s OWN team testifying against him.
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
trump is sending $500 checks to people utilizing the ACA in battleground states with a letter stating that Biden 'overcharged' them through the system. They're only being sent to swing states. This is blatant vote purchasing, and not one fucking thing will happen to him over it.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At Camp East Montana, an ICE detainee's death was ruled a homicide after guards "restrained" him. Federal investigators later found missing or destroyed evidence, while the camp's contractor failed to provide required use-of-force and death reports.
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A detainee's death at ICE's largest camp was ruled a homicide. GAO found the evidence 'missing or destroyed'
Camp East Montana opened without the inspection ICE policy requires. Three men held there died within six weeks. Across the country, people shot by immigration agents are often the ones charged.
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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Arrest Jared Kushner. newrepublic.com/post/216117/...
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Bombshell Report Exposes Jared Kushner’s Ties to Company Backing IDF
Kushner, who has been tasked with negotiating peace in Gaza, has a huge financial stake in one of the biggest backers of the Israeli military.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Patricia @diamondstar1962.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The shadow president. Told you all he was behind this. Trump is being used as the useful idiot he is.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with Trump’s Justice Department. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump’s DOJ
“This is death by a thousand cuts,” one voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket. “It’s why you move voting sites, it’s why you have fewer hours, it’s why our absentee mailing ballots are so compl...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard because he's getting rich off of them.
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